When Benefits Run Their Course
In the case of Dunbar v. Acme Southern, the employee sustained a compensable injury in 1998. He entered a settlement… Read More
Workers’ Compensation
Suitable Employment: 10 Tips
If open long enough, a “Suitable Employment” issue will arise in almost all workers’ compensation claims. Here are 10 tips… Read More
Another COVID-19 Reality–Analysis of Potential WC and OSHA Claims for Employees Working from Home
With more people working from home than ever before it can be difficult to determine how to handle workers’ compensation… Read More
Effective 12/1/20: North Carolina Industrial Commission (NCIC) Rule Amendments
Form 19, Employer’s Report of Injury to the NCIC (11 NCAC 23A .0104) Effective today, December 1, 2020, defendants are… Read More
UPDATE: “PARTY” … Like It’s 1999
The North Carolina Industrial Commission (NCIC) recently released the following statement, following the Court of Appeals’ ruling in MITCHELL v.… Read More
Method 5 of Calculating the Average Weekly Wage as the Last Resort
Nay v. Cornerstone Staffing Solutions, No. COA19-262, 2020 WL 5000765, at *1 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 18, 2020) Plaintiff sustained… Read More
Are Clean Shirts on a Work Trip Necessary?
Did an employee that trips and falls while cleaning laundry on a work trip sustain a compensable workers’ compensation injury?… Read More
Does an Employee Who Contracts COVID-19 at Work from a Co-Employee Have a Legal Remedy?
As more employers begin to open their doors and their employees return to work, unanticipated and unusual issues are likely… Read More
Analyzing Mental Impairments under Workers’ Compensation
It is well established that as long as the resulting disability, meets statutory requirements, mental impairments are compensable in North… Read More
What to Expect When You’re Expecting… a Workers’ Compensation Claim
Background Workers’ Compensation is exactly that. It is a system designed to compensate workers who get injured on the job if… Read More
